Never Forget Their Heroism

 

Today marks 189 years since the fall of The Alamo at the hands of the tyrant and dictator Santa Anna. This years anniversary carries with it extra meaning: 189 years, one for each of the 189 confirmed and identified defenders who died that fateful morning. 

May they continue to rest in Peace and Glory. 

1. Juan Abamillo, San Antonio
2. Robert Allen
3. Mills DeForrest Andross, Vermont
4. Micajah Autry, N.C.
5. Juan A. Badillo, San Antonio
6. Peter James Bailey, Ky.
7. Isaac G. Baker, Ark.
8. William Charles M. Baker, Mo.
9. John J. Ballentine
10. Richard W. Ballantine, Scotland
11. John J. Baugh, Va
12. Joseph Bayliss, Tenn.
13. John Blair, Tenn.
14. Samuel C. Blair, Tenn.
15. William Blazeby, England
16. James Butler Bonham, S.C.
17. Daniel Bourne, England
18. James Bowie, Tenn
19. Jesse B. Bowman
20. George Brown, England
21. James Brown, Pa.
22. Robert Brown
23. James Buchanan, Ala.
24. Samuel E. Burns, Ireland
25. George D. Butler, Mo
26. John Cain, Pa.
27. Robert Campbell, Tenn.
28. William R. Carey, Va.
29. Charles Henry Clark, Mo
30. M.B. Clark
31. Daniel William Cloud, Ky.
32. Robert E. Cochran, N.J.
33. George Washington Cottle, Tenn.
34. Henry Courtman, Germany
35. Lemuel Crawford, S.C.
36. David Crockett, Tenn.
37. Robert Crossman, Mass.
38. David P. Cummings, Pa.
39. Robert Cunningham, N.Y.
40. Jacob C. Darst, Ky.
41. John Davis, Ky.
42. Freeman H. K. Day
43. Jerry C. Day, Mo.
44. Squire Daymon, Tenn.
45. William Dearduff, Tenn.
46. Stephen Dennison, England
47. Charles Despallier, La.
48. Lewis Dewall, N.Y.
49. Almeron Dickinson, Tenn.
50. John H. Dillard, Tenn.
51. James R. Dimpkins, England
52. Andrew Duvalt, Ireland
53. Carlos Espalier, San Antonio
54. Gregorio Esparza, San Antonio
55. Robert Evans, Ireland
56. Samuel B. Evans, N.Y.
57. James L. Ewing, Tenn
58. William K. Fauntleroy, Ky.
59. William Fishbaugh, Ala.
60. John Flanders, Mass.
61. Dolphin Ward Floyd, N.C., N.Y.
62. John Hubbard Forsyth
63. Antonio Fuentes, San Antonio
64. Galba Fuqua, Ala.
65. William Garnett, Tenn.
66. James W. Garrand, La.
67. James Girard Garrett, Tenn.
68. John E. Garvin
69. John E. Gaston, Ky.
70. James George
71. John Camp Goodrich, Tenn.
72. Albert Calvin Grimes, Ga.
73. Jose Maria Guerrero, Laredo, Tex.
74. James C. Gwynne, England
75. James Hannum
76. John Harris, Ky.
77. Andrew Jackson Harrison
78. William B. Harrison, Ohio
79. Charles M. Haskell (Heiskell), Tenn.
80. Joseph M. Hawkins, Ireland
81. John M. Hays, Tenn.
82. Patrick Henry Herndon, Va.
83. William D. Hersee, England
84. Tapley Holland, Ohio
85. Samuel Holloway, Pa.
86. William D. Howell, Mass.
87. Thomas Jackson, Ireland
88. William Daniel Jackson, Ireland
89. Green B. Jameson, Ky.
90. Gordon C. Jennings, Conn.
91. Damacio Jimenes, Tex.
92. Lewis Johnson, Wales
93. William Johnson, Pa.
94. John Jones, N.Y
95. Johnnie Kellog
96. James Kenney, Va.
97. Andrew Kent, Ky.
98. Joseph Kerr, La.
99. George C. Kimball (Kimble), N.Y.
100. William P. King
101. William Irvine Lewis, Va.
102. William J. Lightfoot, Va.
103. Jonalhan L. Lindley, IL.
104. William Linn, Mass.
105. Jose Toribio Losoya, San Antonio
106. George Washington Main, Va.
107. William T. Malone, Va.
108. William Marshall, Tenn.
109. Albert Martin, Rhode Island
110. Edward McCafferty
111. Jesse McCoy, Tenn.
112. William McDowell, Pa.
113. James McGee, Ireland
114. John McGregor, Scotland
115. Robert McKinney, Ireland
116. Eliel Melton, Ga.
117. Thomas R. Miller, Tenn.
118. William Mills, Tenn.
119. Isaac Millsaps, Miss.
120. Edwin T. Mitchell
121. Napoleon B. Mitchell
122. Edward F. Mitchusson, Va.
123. Robert B. Moore, Va.
124. William Moore, Miss.
125. Robert Musselman, Ohio
126. Andres Nava, San Antonio
127. George Neggan, S.C.
128. Andrew M. Nelson, Tenn.
129. Edward Nelson, S. C.
130. George Nelson, S.C.
131. James Northcross, Va.
132. James Nowlan, Ireland
133. George Pagan, Miss.
134. Christopher Parker, Miss.
135. William Parks, N.C.
136. Richardson Perry
137. Amos Pollard, Mass.
138. John Purdy Reynolds, Pa.
139. Thomas H. Roberts
140. James Robertson, Tenn.
141. Isaac Robinson, Scotland
142. James M. Rose, Va.
143. Jackson J. Rusk, Ireland
144. Joseph Rutherford, Ky.
145. Isaac Ryan, La.
146. Mial Scurlock, N.C.
147. Marcus L. Sewell, England
148. Manson Shied, Ga.
149. Cleveland Kinlock Simmons, S.C.
150. Andrew H. Smith, Tenn.
151. Charles S. Smith, Md.
152. Joshua G. Smith, N.C.
153. William H. Smith
154. Richard Starr, England
155. James E. Stewart, England
156. Richard L. Stockton, Va.
157. A. Spain Summerlin, Tenn
158. William E. Summers, Tenn
159. William D. Sutherland, Ala.
160. Edward Taylor, Tenn.
161. George Taylor, Tenn.
162. James Taylor, Tenn.
163. William Taylor, Tenn.
164. B. Archer M. Thomas, Ky.
165. Henry Thomas, Germany
166. Jesse G. Thompson, Ark.
167. John W. Thomson, N.C.
168. John M. Thruston, Pa.
169. Burke Trammel, Ireland
170. William Barret Travis, S.C.
171. George W. Tumlinson, Mo.
172. James Tylee, N.Y.
173. Asa Walker, Tenn.
174. Jacob Walker, Tenn.
175. William B. Ward, Ireland
176. Henry Warnell, Ark.
177. Joseph G. Washington, Tenn.
178. Thomas Waters, England
179. William Wells, Ga.
180. Isaac White, Ky.
181. Robert White
182. Hiram J. Williamson, Pa.
183. William Wills
184. David L. Wilson, Scotland
185. John Wilson, Pa.
186. Anthony Wolfe, England
187. Claiborne Wright, N.C.
188. Charles Zanco, Denmark
189. John, Negro

To Dust You Shall Return . . .

 

Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, and my co-worker Seth started the day with a 7 am Mass before work. I've vowed to give up Mountain Dew for Lent, and I'm already regretting that choice LOL

BTW - of course Team Slap indulged in paczki to celebrate Fat Tuesday yesterday

Enjoy this Easter season!

She's a Little Ungrateful

Junie on why she prefers talking over her teenage problems with her Mom:

 "No offense, but your advice lacks nuance. All you ever say is "Do you want me to kill those c--k suckers for you?" That isn't very helpful."

It Ain't a Lie

Whatever the purists say, chili without beans is just spicy water

10.958 Days

Thirty years ago today, at this very hour, I sat across from a young waitress I had just met. We were seated at a George Webb's restaurant on 43rd and Loomis, as she ate breakfast after an overnight shift at a different Webb's. I had only coffee. I found her repetitive pick of venue an odd choice at the time, and while she ate and summarized her life for me I was awkwardly quiet, and quite focused on a stain on her front tooth. 

Not exactly the greatest start to a date, in retrospect, but it did a quick 180 within an hour. If you want the details of it, start to finish, you can find them here, in a post I wrote back in 2008.

In a very real sense, that date continues to this day, a narrative thread that as of today spans thirty years, or if you want to get down to the nitty gritty, a whopping 10, 958 days. 

(I work with a few lawyers whose entire lifetimes fit in that span!)

Now I don't, in any way,  dismiss or discount the value of our wedding date 18 months later, but it has never had the same oomph or importance for either of us, even as pro-marriage as we are. October of '96 doesn't happen without February of '95, the kids don't happen without it, nothing happens, for Team Slap, unless February 22nd of 1995 unfolds as it does. 

I'm very proud to have reached this milestone. Not because it's been so difficult to get there - it was but a blink of an eye - but because it brings me happiness, and fulfillment,  to know that I've been blessed with the woman I love, my wife and my best friend, Lisa, for thirty years now.  

Happy Anniversary Sinatra!

Don't you dare mock the glasses. It was the '90's man, you think Lenscrafters stocked 2025 frames back then???

 

50 Year's Ago Today

50 years ago today: the north tower of the World Trade Center was the victim of an arson attack that consumed 65% of the 11th floor,  with the fire spreading to six floors of the building. 28 people were treated for injuries, and one employee died of a heart attack. 

It was the second attack in the history of the doomed complex. During construction 5 years earlier, a trailer on site was bombed by anti- war protesters.

Dang Right, And Don't You Forget It!

 

photo credit: YaYa

So much for the ballyhooed Chiefs 3-peat. With the referees calling a (largely) square contest, KC was trampled by the Eagles, with most of the Chiefs' points coming in garbage time. 

To those who claim this is proof the referees didn't help KC win this year, I say, uh, what now? It proves nothing, but it certainly lends credence to the claims that they were helped by the zebras each week. 

I don't think the NFL is scripted, or that the refs are on the take. I do, however, think that any play that would be 50-50 to warrant a flag for anyone else will earn KC a first down, and that any call that is questionable would fall in the Chiefs favor. 

They are (were?) the face of the league, and as such, were pampered. 

Regardless, they were pummeled when it counts, marking two such lopsided losses in Mahome's brief but fantastic tenure. 

Will they be back to the Super Bowl again before he retires? I think that's a bet I'd take, 

Not a Winter Cat

 The heat calls to him!  - LuLu

Poor Behavior

THIS idiot interpreted a one minute bathroom break of mine on Saturday night as express permission to drag a pizza and a box of donuts onto the floor.

 

I was not pleased.